Inactive SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Set-Aside (FAR 19.15)

****SOLICITATION FOR Construction Scheduler**** W5J9JE20R0003 1. AGENCY: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Afghanistan District (TAA) 2. NAICS: 541990 - All other Professional, Scientific,... ****SOLICITATION FOR Construction Scheduler**** W5J9JE20R0003 1. AGENCY: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Afghanistan District (TAA) 2. NAICS: 541990 - All other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 3. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: United States 4. ACQUISITION INFORMATION: The Government intends to issue one (1) to two (2) Blanket Purchase Agreements for $700,000 each. The period of performance is a two (2) year base and no option periods. The Government intends to solicit and award using Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Contingency thresholds. **All regular communication will be remotely through electronic means. Performance will not be in Afghanistan. Travel may be utilized under individual BPA calls for litigation support.** Description: The contractor will be responsible for supporting USACE by analyzing contractor schedules, responsible for look ahead schedules and related reports review and analyze progress as compared to baselines schedule, monitor resources and over-allocation of resources, develop, monitor and analyze recovery schedules, analyze requests for extensions, review and analyze project contract claims. The Contractor shall be an unbiased analyst (consulting expert) who has detachment from the day-to-day contract administration; has the expertise to identify and assess potential time impacts, both resulting from the Government’s and the contractor’s activities; and can perform a Critical Path analysis to develop and inform the Government’s position. All questions are to be directed no later than 3:00 p.m. local Afghan on 8 July 2020 to Michael Hughes at michael.w.hughes@usace.army.mil. Please courtesy copy, Ms. Temekka Ellis at temekka.s.ellis@usace.army.mil. Proposals are due on 12 July 2020 by 12 noon local Afghan time.

Inactive SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Set-Aside (FAR 19.15)

USACE Afghanistan District is seeking information regarding availability of a potential Schedulers to perform duties such as monitoring and analyzing design build construction schedules for projects i... USACE Afghanistan District is seeking information regarding availability of a potential Schedulers to perform duties such as monitoring and analyzing design build construction schedules for projects in Afghanistan. The firm will be responsible for supporting USACE by analyzing contractor schedules, responsible for look ahead schedules and related reports review and analyze progress as compared to baselines schedule, monitor resources and over-allocation of resources, develop, monitor and analyze recovery schedules analyze requests for extensions review and analyze project claims. The firm will be required to independently perform and provide such services as are described in the contract and Technical Specifications, including but not limited to analysis of the construction contractors’ monthly schedule updates against previous schedule and baseline contract schedule to determine impacts to critical path and non-critical path activities to establish impact to overall contract completion date. Analysis to include reasonableness of included activity durations by analyzing resource allocations for manpower and equipment, where applicable. The analysis will also compare and contrast the Contractors Project Schedule against the Scheduler’s Independent Project Schedule; including fragmented networks for change order time extensions and impacted schedules, Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REA), and claims, on the contract, if necessary. The Government will rely upon the services provided above when making determinations regarding actions it may undertake in light of reported observations, conclusions, and recommendations. Consequently, if challenged the firm shall be prepared to provide ample support for the contents of each report. The contractor shall be available for meetings during Afghanistan time. All meetings will be coordinated with the contractor and scheduled in advance.